JIMI HENDRIX-The Cry of Love -first Hendrix album released after his death-C7-LP

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ITEM: VINYL 12” LP 33 1/3rpm
ARTIST: JIMI HENDRIX
TITLE: The Cry of Love
COUNTRY PRINTED: OZ
CAT No: POLYDOR, 2480 027
COVER: (Grade at NEAR MINT-)
LABELS: (Grade at MINT-)
VINYL: (Grade at EXCELLENT+) visible mark S1T1 which causes no sound problems what so ever
PERSONNEL:
?Jimi Hendrix – guitars, lead vocals, backing vocals on tracks 3 and 9, bass on track 5
?Gers – Harmonica on track 5
?Mitch Mitchell – drums
?Billy Cox – bass
?Juma Sultan – congas on tracks 1 and 3, percussion on tracks 3, 4 and 7
?Albert Allen – backing vocals on track 1
?Buzzy Linhart – vibraphone on track 2 (added in 1970)
?Buddy Miles – drums on track 3, backing vocals on track 3
?Steve Winwood – backing vocals on track 3
?Chris Wood – backing vocals on track 3
?Jimmy Mayes – drums on track 5
?Stephen Stills – piano on track 5
?Ken Pine – twelve string guitar on track 5
?Emeretta Marks – backing vocals on track 9
TRACKS:
All songs were written by Jimi Hendrix.

1."Freedom" – 3:24
2."Drifting" – 3:46
3."Ezy Ryder" – 4:09
4."Night Bird Flying" – 3:50
5."My Friend" – 4:40
6."Straight Ahead" – 4:42
7."Astro Man" – 3:37
8."Angel" – 4:25
9."In From the Storm" – 3:42
10."Belly Button Window" – 3:34
RECORDING DETAILS:
?Tracks 1 and 2 recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, New York on June 25, 1970
?Track 3 recorded at Record Plant Studios in New York City, New York on December 18, 1969
?Tracks 4 and 6 recorded at Electric Lady Studios on June 16, 1970
?Track 5 recorded at Sound Center in New York City, New York on March 13, 1968
?Track 7 recorded at Electric Lady Studios on June 24, 1970
?Track 8 recorded at Electric Lady Studios on July 23, 1970
?Track 9 recorded at Electric Lady Studios on July 21 and 22, 1970
?Track 10 recorded at Electric Lady Studios on August 22, 1970
COMMENT:
Overview: Wikipedia
The Cry of Love is a posthumous fourth studio album by American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, released on March 5, 1971. It was the first Hendrix album released after his death and was engineered, mixed and compiled by Eddie Kramer and Mitch Mitchell. Album cover illustration by Nancy Reiner.

The pairing of The Cry of Love with Rainbow Bridge comprises the bulk of the most complete tracks that Hendrix was intending to release on his next (double) LP, First Rays of the New Rising Sun. All songs on the album were written by Hendrix and recorded from late 1969 to summer 1970, except surprise addition "My Friend". 'Gers' plays harp on "My Friend". Mitchell and Kramer's involvement gave the album credibility, and it was well received by fans and critics alike. The album managed to reach #3 in the U.S. and #2 in the UK, and was regarded as the most accurate approximation of Hendrix's final album until First Rays of the New Rising Sun was released in 1997. "Freedom" b/w "Angel" was released as a single in the U.S., but only reached #59. In the UK, "Angel" b/w "Night Bird Flying" was the single released, though it did not manage to enter the charts. All of the songs from The Cry of Love are featured on the 1997 compilation First Rays of the New Rising Sun.

The song "My Friend" was recorded during the early stages of the Electric Ladyland sessions in 1968. It is a humorously delivered, but ultimately serious, song about loneliness. It features a dubbed background of Hendrix and friends creating a busy bar atmosphere. This dubbed audience idea also ended up being used in the 15-minute blues song "Voodoo Chile". The final track on the album, "Belly Button Window", was Jimi's last studio recording with vocals. It was recorded at Electric Lady Studios on August 22, 1970.

Biography by: Richie Unterberger & Sean Westergaard
In his brief four-year reign as a superstar, Jimi Hendrix expanded the vocabulary of the electric rock guitar more than anyone before or since. Hendrix was a master at coaxing all manner of unforeseen sonics from his instrument, often with innovative amplification experiments that produced astral-quality feedback and roaring distortion. His frequent hurricane blasts of noise and dazzling showmanship -- he could and would play behind his back and with his teeth and set his guitar on fire -- has sometimes obscured his considerable gifts as a songwriter, singer, and master of a gamut of blues, R&B, and rock styles.

When Hendrix became an international superstar in 1967, it seemed as if he'd dropped out of a Martian spaceship, but in fact he'd served his apprenticeship the long, mundane way in numerous R&B acts on the chitlin circuit. During the early and mid-'60s, he worked with such R&B/soul greats as Little Richard, the Isley Brothers, and King Curtis as a backup guitarist. Occasionally he recorded as a session man (the Isley Brothers' 1964 single "Testify" is the only one of these early tracks that offers even a glimpse of his future genius). But the stars didn't appreciate his show-stealing showmanship, and Hendrix was straight-jacketed by sideman roles that didn't allow him to develop as a soloist. The logical step was for Hendrix to go out on his own, which he did in New York in the mid-'60s, playing with various musicians in local clubs, and joining white blues-rock singer John Hammond, Jr.'s band for a while.

It was in a New York club that Hendrix was spotted by Animals bassist Chas Chandler. The first lineup of the Animals was about to split, and Chandler, looking to move into management, convinced Hendrix to move to London and record as a solo act in England. There a group was built around Jimi, also featuring Mitch Mitchell on drums and Noel Redding on bass, that was dubbed the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The trio became stars with astonishing speed in the U.K., where "Hey Joe," "Purple Haze," and "The Wind Cries Mary" all made the Top Ten in the first half of 1967. These tracks were also featured on their debut album, Are You Experienced?, a psychedelic meisterwerk that became a huge hit in the U.S. after Hendrix created a sensation at the Monterey Pop Festival in June of 1967.

Are You Experienced? was an astonishing debut, particularly from a young R&B veteran who had rarely sung, and apparently never written his own material, before the Experience formed. What caught most people's attention at first was his virtuosic guitar playing, which employed an arsenal of devices, including wah-wah pedals, buzzing feedback solos, crunching distorted riffs, and lightning, liquid runs up and down the scales. But Hendrix was also a first-rate songwriter, melding cosmic imagery with some surprisingly pop-savvy hooks and tender sentiments. He was also an excellent blues interpreter and passionate, engaging singer (although his gruff, throaty vocal pipes were not nearly as great assets as his instrumental skills). Are You Experienced? was psychedelia at its most eclectic, synthesizing mod pop, soul, R&B, Dylan, and the electric guitar innovations of British pioneers like Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, and Eric Clapton.

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